Initial Inquiry

Written evidence

The Committee accepted as evidence 99 written submissions from a wide range of individuals and organisations. It received a number of submissions describing individual cases where a child had been removed from their family: some of these were accepted as written evidence, others were taken as background papers.

Witnesses: John Goldup, National Director, Development and Strategy, Ofsted, Jim Gamble, former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and Professor Harriet Ward, University of Loughborough, Professor Nina Biehal, University of York and Dr Marian Brandon, University of East Anglia